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Horizon 2020 Roadmap for the challenge on Food Security, Sustainable
Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the
Bioeconomy
June 2015
Content
1. Lobby in the EU......................................................................................................................... 2
2.
Contacts .................................................................................................................................... 2
Members of the Danish Bio-reference group (referencegruppe) for Societal Challenge 2: Food
Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research
and the Bioeconomy ...................................................................................................................... 2
Danish representatives of Programme Committees, experts, and National Contact Points for the
Bio challenge ................................................................................................................................. 4
Advisory Groups ............................................................................................................................ 5
Contacts within the European Commission ................................................................................... 5
3.
EU initiatives and stakeholders ................................................................................................. 6
European Technology Platforms ................................................................................................... 6
Joint Technology Initiative ............................................................................................................. 6
Public Private Partnerships – Contractual PPPs ........................................................................... 7
European Innovation Partnerships ................................................................................................ 7
EU Bioeconomy Panel ................................................................................................................... 7
Standing Committee for Agricultural Research .............................................................................. 7
1. Lobby in the EU
Lobbying in the EU means that an organisation, company or an individual is trying to influence the
decisions of politicians or officials in the EU institutions in a particular direction. In Brussels, the
Capital Region Denmark EU Office (creoDK) represents its partners: University of Copenhagen
(KU), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and the
Capital Region of Denmark. creoDK engages with EU decision-makers and seeks influence on EU
research policy. The purpose of creoDK is to promote good research ideas – knowing the timing of
the decision making process, contacts and stakeholders.
In an EU lobby context, it often pays to be proactive. creoDK aims at facilitating the most
favourable conditions for our scientists to participate more effectively in EU funding programmes
by seeking influence on the phrasing and the priorities of the biannual Work Programmes,
prepared by the European Commission within the framework of Horizon 2020 – EU’s Research
and Innovation programme. Furthermore, creoDK aims at bringing forward hitherto neglected
research topics to the EU research agenda.
This roadmap provides an overview of contacts, initiatives and stakeholders that may be useful
when promoting specific interests within the bio-related research area in Horizon 2020. For more
information on timing, please refer to the indicative timeline for development of Work Programme
2018-2019. You are always welcome to contact creoDK for further questions: creoDK@regionh.dk
2. Contacts
Members of the Danish reference group (referencegruppe) for Societal
Challenge 2: Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine,
Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy
The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation - DASTI (Styrelsen for Forskning og
Innovation) has established reference groups corresponding to nine thematic sections of Horizon
2020. The purpose of the reference groups is to provide DASTI with greater insight into the
strengths and potentials of Danish research and thus create the foundation for the Danish priorities
in the Work Programmes within Horizon 2020. The reference groups play an important role in
preparing the Danish contribution to the new work programmes as they form the scientific base for
DASTI’s input to the negotiations with the European Commission. The reference group must
represent the joined Danish interests within the section concerned.
The bio-reference group is consulted in relation to bio-related areas within the Societal Challenges
– mainly Sociatal Challenge 2 - as well as Biotechnology under “Nanotechnologies, Advanced
Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology” within Leadership in
Enabling and Industrial Technologies (pillar 2 of Horizon 2020).
The table below lists the members of the reference groups for the bio-research area. Other
reference groups can be found at the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s webpage.
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Members of reference group
Name
Organisation
Erik Steen Kristensen
Title
Senior advisor, Head of AAU
Fundraising
Head of Department
Jan K. Schjørring
Wencke Gwozdz
Professor
Associate professor
KU
CBS
Søren Laurentius Nielsen
Associate professor
RUC
Fritz Köster
Niels Vestergaard
Hanne Ingmar
Head of Institute, professor
Professor
Professor
Professor and Chairman of the
DSF’s board of directors
Head of Research and
Development
DTU
SDU
KU
Lisbeth Munksgaard
Peter Olesen
Ole Mark
Anne Maria Hansen
Chief of Innovation
Birgitte Skadhauge
Nils Christian Jensen
Senior Vice President
Innovation
Director of Research
CEO
Peter Bernt Jensen
Consultant
Morten Andersen Linnet
Head of department
Niels Halberg
Director
Annette Abildskov
Special consultant
Jun She
Solveig Krogh Christiansen
Elias Zafirakos
Deputy Head
Cand. Scient., Associate
professor
Special consultant
Science Liaison Officer
Martin Andersson
Head of department
Lotte Holm
Lene Lange
Kristian Møller
Jørgen Schlundt
Professor
Professor
Director
Director
Esben Laulund
Lora Kamenova Gammelgaard
AAU
AU
Actifoods
DHI
Danish Technological
Institute
Christian Hansen A/S
Carlsberg A/S
TripleNine Pharma A/S
The Danish Food and Drink
Federation
Danish Agriculture & Food
Council
ICROFS
The Danish AgriFish
Agency
DMI
UGC Syd
Plant Biotech Danmark
Biopeople
Danish Agriculture & Food
Council
KU
AAU
DTU
DTU National Food Institute
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Danish representatives of Programme Committees, experts, and National
Contact Points for the Bio challenge
The European Commission has established Programme Committees with representatives from all
EU Member States and associated states matching 14 thematic sections of Horizon 2020. The
Programme Committees assist the European Commission in drawing and quality assuring the
work programmes, and the Programme Committees make the final adoption of the Work
Programmes before they are published.
Furthermore, the Programme Committees are continually informed about the implementation of
Horizon 2020 within the given section. Denmark has appointed a delegation for each of the
Programme Committees, which typically consists of representatives from DASTI (Styrelsen for
Forskning og Innovation), an academic expert, and a representative from the Ministry responsible
for the thematic section. The Danish members of the programme committee focusing on the Biochallenge can be found below; the other Danish members of the Programmes Committees can be
found at the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s webpage.
Governments representatives
and Head of Delegation
Experts
National Contact Point
Senior advisor
Lisbet Elming
Danish Agency for Science,
Technology and Innovation
Bredgade 40
DK- Copenhagen K
Phone: +45 7231 8252
E-mail: lel@fi.dk
Head of Section
Ulrik Kjølsen Olsen
Danish Agency for Science,
Technology and Innovation
Bredgade 40
DK-1260 Copenhagen K
Phone: +45 7231 8281
E-mail: uko@fi.dk
Head of Section
Susanne Edeling Hede
Danish Agency for Science,
Technology and Innovation
Bredgade 40
DK-1260 Copenhagen K
Phone: +45 7231 8392
E-mail: sehe@fi.dk
Head of Office
Jakob Just Madesen
DANRO (Danish EU Research
Liaison Office)
Rue du Trône 98, 1. floor
B-1000 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0) 2213 41 64
E-mail: jjm@fi.dk
EU Liason Officer
Jytte Kaltoft
DANRO (Danish EU Research
Liaison Office)
Rue du Trône 98, 1. floor
B-1000 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0) 2213 41 65
E-mail: jkb@fi.dk
Senior Manager
Lisbeth Munksgaard
Aalborg University, Faculty of
Engineering, Science and Medicine
Lautrupsvang 15
DK-2750 Ballerup
Phone.: + 45 9940 2504
E-mail: lmu@adm.aau.dk
Head of Department
Erik Steen Kristensen
University of Aarhus, Department
of Agroecology
Blichers Allé 20
DK-8830 Tjele
Phone: +45 8715 7775
E-mail:
eriksteen.kristensen@agrsci.dk
Senior advisor
Ulrik Kjølsen Olsen
Danish Agency for Science,
Technology and Innovation
Bredgade 40
DK-1260 Copenhagen K
Phone: +45 7231 8281
E-mail: uko@fi.dk
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Advisory Groups
In addition to the Danish reference groups and the Programme Committees, the European
Commission has also established Advisory Groups (AG) matching 18 thematic sections of Horizon
2020. AG members provide inputs to the focus areas within the two-year Strategic Programmes
and Scoping papers prior to the drafting of the biannual Work Programmes. The members of the
AG are appointed in their personal capacity and do not represent an institution or a
country/Member State. Inputs from the AG’s complements inputs from for example ETP’s. There
are two Danish members of the AG for "Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Marine and
Maritime Research and the Bioeconomy". Other Danish AG members can be found at the Ministry
of Higher Education and Science’s webpage.
Name
Organisation
Advisory Group
Jørgen Schlundt
Technical University of
Denmark
Produktionstorvet
Bygning 424, rum 214
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Phone: +45 45 25 60 09
E-mail: jors@dtu.dk
"Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture,
Marine and Maritime Research and the
Bioeconomy"
Niels Halberg
Univeristy of Aarhus
Blichers Allé 20
8830 Tjele
Phone: +45 87158037
Mobile: +45 29630093
E-mail:
Niels.Halberg@icrofs.org
"Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture,
Marine and Maritime Research and the
Bioeconomy"
Contacts within the European Commission
The European Commission is responsible for the implementation of Horizon 2020. In the
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), Directorate F is responsible for this
research area. The directorate has the following employees:
DG RTD, Directorate F - Bioeconomy
Director: John Bell
 Adviser: “Sustainable Bioeconomy”
Thomas Arnold
 Strategy
Head of Unit: Gilles Laroche
 Biobased products and processing
Head of Unit: Waldemar Kütt
 Agri-Food chain
Head of Unit: Patrik Kolar
 Marine resources
Head of Unit: Sieglinde Gruber
 Administration and finance
Head of Unit: Georgios Vlahopoulos
Other Directorate-Generals might also be interesting to contact including DG Agri (Agriculture and
Rural Development), DG SANTE (Health and Food Safety), DG ENER (Energy), DG CLIMA
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(Climate Action), DG ENV (Environment), DG MARE (Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) and DG
CNECT (Communications Networks, Content and Technology).
For more information about the European Commission’s Staff Directory, go to EUWhoiswho.
Send an e-mail to the European Commission by writing: “first name”.”last name”@ec.europa.eu.
3. EU initiatives and stakeholders
European Technology Platforms
The European Technology Platforms (ETPs) are good fora to participate in, since they are an
opportunity to acquire new knowledge, expand ones network, and influence the Work
Programmes. The ETPs are industry-led and bring together stakeholders within a research area to
deliver on agreed priorities and definitions as well as develop and implement a Strategy Research
Agenda (SRA) with long term perspectives. The European Commission fetches inputs to the EU
research policy from these platforms when necessary. The ETPs are independent entities and thus
not owned by the European Commission. The ETPs relevant for the Bio-challenge are listed
below:
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Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform
European Technology Platform Food for Life
Sustainable Farm Animal Breeding and Reproduction Technology Platform (FABRE-TP)
European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATiP)
European Technology Platform for Global Animal Health (ETPGAH)
European Technology Platform Plants for the Future
TP Organics Technology Platform
European Biofuels Technology Platform
European Photovoltaic Technology Platform
Smart Grids European Technology Platform
European Wind Energy Technology Platform
Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WssTP)
The European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem)
Manufuture
European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources (ETP-SMR)
Joint Technology Initiative
Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) aims at strengthen the implementation and fulfilment of the
SRAs of a limited number of selected ETPs. The JTIs have their own work programmes with open
calls for proposals, and they are funded by the European Commission and the industry.
Within the Bioeconomy section, the Bio-based Industries (BBI) Initiative can be highlighted. The
BBI Initiative is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the European Commission and the
Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). The BBI is a legal entity (Joint Undertaking) with its own
budget of 3.7 billion euros (2014-2020) of which 1 billion is from EU funds and 2.7 billion euros is
private investments.
For more information about these constellations, click here: BBI Initiative, BIC and JTIs
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Public Private Partnerships – Contractual PPPs
Contractual PPPs represent the private sector in European industry and is launched as part of and
implemented through the Horizon 2020 work programmes. The partnership and the European
Commission make a contract with aims, liabilities, and outputs. The cPPPs are based on
roadmaps that address research and innovation activities.
Within the Horizon 2020 framework programme, the European Commission has launched eight
PPPs, including one PPP with focus on Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and
Energy Efficiency (SPIRE).
European Innovation Partnerships
The European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs) are a relatively new initiative launched in the context
of the Innovation Union. They are challenge-driven and bring together all relevant private and
public actors from research- and innovations environments at both EU, national and regional levels
to degrade barriers and improve the conditions for development and growth. The EIPs outline
strategic implementation plans, which is also included in the process of drawing the Work
Programmes.
The EIPs relevant for the Bio-challenge are:
Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability
EU Bioeconomy Panel
The EU Bioeconomy Panel has many tasks; one of them is to monitor and evaluate the progress
of the Bioeconomy Strategy implementation, including the development of national policies and the
enforcement of EU legislation by national governments. Furthermore, the panel assists the
European Commission in the preparation of legislation. Niels Gøtke, Head of Division at the
Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (nigoe@fi.dk), is the Danish member of
the panel. You can find more information about the EU Bioeconomy Panel, mission and tasks at
the European Commission’s webpage. The panel started working in 2013.
Standing Committee for Agricultural Research
Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (SCAR) is a standing committee comprising
representatives of the Member States as well as Candidate and Associated Countries. The
committee has mandate to advise the European Commission, other institutions and the Member
States on the priorities in and coordination of agricultural research in Europe. Niels Gøtke, Head of
Division at the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (nigoe@fi.dk), and Anders
M. Klöcker, Head of Division, Danish Food Industry Agency (ankl@ferv.dk), represent Denmark.
For further information about SCAR, go to the European Commission’s webpage.
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